Nusrat Mimi sharing screen space in Bengali film

    Kolkata, Jul 31 (PTI) Actor turned MPs Nusrat Jahan
and Mimi Chakraborty are sharing screen space in Bengali film
'SOS Kolkata', shooting for which has started after the West
Bengal government allowed resumption of film shoot in the
state.
    Jahan and Chakraborty said they are happy to be back
on shooting floors in 'SOS Kolkata' and are enjoying the 'new
normal' experience.
    Jahan said on Thursday that she is happy that the role
of female protagonist came to her, the role which is not usual
and conventional for a female lead in a Bengali film, of an
out and outsmart, intelligent, gritty character she had always
dreamt to play.
    "Times are difficult. Hence maintaining all standard
protocols were crucial which made us shoot both at day and
night hours. We are now wrapping up the end shoots of SOS
Kolkata which will be released on big screen," she told
reporters during shoots at a five star hotel in the city.
    Jahan's co-star and friend Chakraborty said: "We are
happy that the shoots have passed off so smoothly. I am
playing Sanjana, a woman pivotal to the film."
    Director Anshuman Pratyush said it was a relief to be
back on floors after four-month lockdown and "we are abiding
by all safety norms stipulated by the government."
    He said the film would be released by this Durga puja.
    The film also cast Yash Dasgupta, Ena Saha, Shantilal
Mukherjee, Rupa Bhattacharya and Sabyasachi Chakraborty.
    This is Jahan's second film after she was elected to
the Lok Sabha from the Basirhat seat on a Trinamool Congress
ticket. She had been cast in Pavel's 'Asur' earlier.
    Chakraborty is the Trinamool Congress MP from the
Jadavpur constituency.
    Jahan and Chakraborty had earlier shared screen space
in Birsa Dasgupta's 'Criss Cross'. PTI SUS
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